Proton-nucleus collisions at the LHC: Scientific opportunities and requirements
Name
wyslouch1.pdf
Size
467.13 KB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum (MD5)
9cd186f62be333e35b5f2c40b666b604
Author(s)
Alvarez-Muniz, J.
Arleo, F.
Armesto, N.
Botje, M.
Cacciari, M.
Campbell, J.
Carli, C.
Cole, B.
D'Enterria, David
Gelis, F.
Date Issued
December 2011
Journal
Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Citation
Salgado, C A et al. “Proton–nucleus collisions at the LHC: scientific opportunities and requirements.” Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics 39.1 (2012): 015010.
Version
Author's final manuscript
Abstract
Proton-nucleus (p+A) collisions have long been recognized as a crucial
component of the physics programme with nuclear beams at high energies,
in particular for their reference role to interpret and understand
nucleus-nucleus data as well as for their potential to elucidate the partonic
structure of matter at low parton fractional momenta (small-x).
Here, we summarize the main motivations that make a proton-nucleus
run a decisive ingredient for a successful heavy-ion programme at the
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and we present unique scientific opportunities
arising from these collisions. We also review the status of ongoing
discussions about operation plans for the p+Amode at the LHC.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Terms of Use
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0
Persistent DSpace Link
DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/39/1/015010
